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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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reverent submission to the Divine will 

 we can not but feel that most profound 

 sorrow at the irreparable loss of a kind 

 friend and worker for good in all the 

 relations of life. 



Resolved, That we tender to the sor- 

 rowing friends and surviving relatives, 

 our heartfelt sympathy in their great 

 bereavement. 



Resolved, That a copy of these reso- 

 lutions be spread upon the minutes of 

 the Association and a copy thereof be 

 transmitted to the afflicted family. 



It was moved and seconded that this 

 preamble and resolution be adopted. 



Mr. Kimmey: Before putting the 

 motion, it seems fitting that some prop- 

 er person say a few words on the reso- 

 lution. 



Dr. Miller: It is with some diffi- 

 dence that I speak. As to Mrs. York, 

 she was unknown to most of you. And 

 yet I want to say to you that she was 

 a more powerful factor than most of 

 us realize. I wish I could tell you 

 just how I appreciated her. I knew 

 her well. I have been in her home 

 a great many times. To begin with, 

 she was a woman of remarkable execu- 

 tive ability. She could carry on busi- 

 ness, and did business as many a man 

 would. Yet she was a womanly wom- 

 an. She was a woman of tender heart, 

 and yet a woman who had strength 

 of character to come out strongly on 

 any point where the right was not hav- 

 ing its way. She did not hesitate to 

 say so, no matter whom it might touch. 

 A person of that character is not 

 thought of as being gentle at heart; 

 yet she was a tender woman at heart. 

 I am just realizing the loss that Mr. 

 York has sustained by her being taken 

 away. Few can appreciate the loss 

 of a woman of so strong character, 

 and yet so kind, and tender, and 

 thoughtful of every one else. 



Mr. Anderson: I endorse what Dr. 

 Miller has said. I knew Mrs. York 

 well in her girlhood. She lived but 

 two miles from my home. 



The resolutions were unanimously 

 passed. 



Mr. Kimmey: Most of you know that 

 we also have lost Mr. Meredith. I sub- 

 mit the following resolutions: 



Whereas, it has pleased Almighty 

 God in His divine wisdom to take from 

 our midst Mr. ^E. K. Meredith, a long 

 time member and worker in our As- 

 sociation; therefore be it 



Resolved, That, while we submit to 

 the Divine will, we can not but feel 



the most profound sorrow for the loss 

 of our fellow member and kind friend; 

 Resolved, That we tender to the sor- 

 rowing friends and surviving relatives 

 our heartfelt sympathy in their great 

 bereavement. 



Resolved, That a copy of these reso- 

 lutions be spread^ upon the minutes of 

 the Association, and a copy thereof be 

 transmitted to the afflicted family. 



Mr. Moore: In this vocation I feel 

 that I am entirely out of my place. It 

 is never pleasant to look into an open 

 grave. This brother and sister who 

 have met with us year after year and 

 have smiled into our faces and have 

 answered our remarks and have been to 

 us like a brother and a sister. It is 

 a sad thing to come to the time when 

 they are with us no more. But that 

 is a thing that no living man or woman 

 can avoid. Slowly, but surely, every 

 one of us is going to that bourne from 

 which none returns. During life it is 

 impossible to separate some thoughts 

 of religions from our daily life. As 

 we approach the end of life that we call 

 Death, every man and woman turns 

 instinctively to thoughts of religion. 

 Without religion we are but as the 

 animals who live a day and then are 

 gone. Our religion teaches that we are 

 not as the animals, that this is just 

 a school-time preparing us for the 

 Great Beyond. That is our hope. This 

 brother and sister who have been so 

 dear to us, and have been as brother 

 and sister of our own family, we are 

 confident that they have gone to a bet- 

 ter land and that we will meet them 

 again. That takes the despair out of 

 our hearts. Even the Indian talked of 

 the "Happy Hunting Ground." He had 

 a hope of Heaven, and we have a hope 

 of Heaven, and hope to meet our 

 friends again who have gone to the 

 Better World. The great God who 

 made us all, who made man in His 

 own image, would not take that man 

 and drop him into nothingness. That 

 would not be symmetry. We have a 

 beautiful existence in view. If we are 

 going to trade this life for Heaven, 

 then only is the life of man complete. 

 W'e will meet our brother and sister 

 again in the Better Land. 



Mr. Winter: I live within about 2% 

 miles of Mr. Meredith's home, and feel 

 that I ought to speak a word about 

 him. He was a good- hearted man, 

 always willing to help his neighbors, 

 even to put himself out. He helped 



